Aspirate

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To pronounce (a vowel or word) with the initial release of breath associated with English h, as in hurry.
  • transitive verb. To follow (a consonant, especially a stop consonant) with a puff of breath that is clearly audible before the next sound begins, as in English pit or kit.
  • transitive verb. To draw (something) into the lungs; inhale.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration.
  • transitive verb. To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or gas.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The speech sound represented by English h.
  • noun. The puff of air accompanying the release of a stop consonant.
  • noun. A speech sound followed by a puff of breath.
  • noun. Matter removed by aspiration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pronounced with the aspirate or rough breathing; pronounced with the h-sound, or with a strong emission of breath.
  • noun. An aspirated sound, or a sound like our h; a sound with which the h-sound is combined, or which corresponds historically to a sound of this nature: thus, the Sanskrit kh, gh, bh, etc., and the Greek ch, th, ph (χ, θ, φ) are called aspirates, as are also the English f, th, which are more properly called breathings or spirants; also, a character or combination of characters representing a sound thus described, as the letter h, the Greek rough breathing, etc.
  • To impel by aspiration or suction: as, to aspirate a current of air through a tube.
  • To pronounce with a breathing or an audible emission of breath; pronounce with such a sound as that of the letter h: as, we aspirate the words horse and house, but not hour and honor; cockneys often aspirate words beginning with a vowel.
  • To remove by aspiration.
  • To be uttered with an aspirate or strong breathing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound
  • noun. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
  • noun. A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
  • noun. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
  • adjective. Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.
  • noun. A sound produced by such a puff of air.
  • verb. To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
  • verb. To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
  • verb. To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant.
  • adjective. aspirated
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. suck in (air)
  • verb. remove as if by suction
  • noun. a consonant pronounced with aspiration
  • verb. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
  • Word Usage
    "Latin or Greek word begins with an aspirate, the English word begins with a medial; thus the Latin 'f' is found responsive to the English"
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